What’s on this week:

Events taking place in the Herald and Gazette area during the coming week.

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Thursday, October 13

ANGMERING

WALK: HeartSmart walk. 10.30am. Time: two hours. A four-mile mainly flat walk through woods and meadows. Meet: car park in the woods at the Dover.

LITTLEHAMPTON

EVENT: Littlehampton Players Operatic Society presents Follies at the Windmill Entertainment Centre, until October 15, 7.45pm each night. Tickets are £11 for the Wednesday and Thursday performances, and £13 for Friday and Saturday’s shows. Advance bookings via the LPOS Box Office on 01903 721860. All bookings from Monday, October 10, will be taken at the Windmill Entertainment Centre on 01903 722224 between 10am and midday.

EVENT: Funk & Soul with tap dancing sensation Lee Payne and world-acclaimed soulful lyricist Vinx. at the Stage by the Sea on Littlehampton seafront from 6pm to 9pm. Bring a blanket and picnic. Contact LOCA on 01903 722666 for more information.

EVENT: Worthing Beer Festival at the Assembly Hall in Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing. More beer and cider than ever before. The festival will also feature a display from Sompting Village Morris (SVM) on Saturday afternoon. Other attractions include three enticing food stalls, live demonstrations from a traditional pub sign writer and plenty of seating. Contact Mike Taylor on 07718 705500 or email: michaeltaylor01@gmail.com for more information.

MEETING: UNISON Pensioner Club Meeting at The Gordon Rooms, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing. 10am to midday. Come and join us this month – Guess the function of the antique. Refreshments. Contact the club secretary Jean on 01903 535334 for more information.

EVENT: Coffee morning and mini-market from 10am to midday at St Michael’s Church Hall, South Street, Lancing. Numerous stalls including raffle, bric-a-brac, cakes and preserves, books and toys, cards and wrap. Fairtrade tea/coffee and our speciality, bacon rolls. All welcome, no admission charge.

WALK: Worthing Holiday Fellowship Walking Club. A nature walk along Widewater Lagoon and on to Shoreham. For more information about the club’s walks and talks, please ring Liz on 01903 268656 or Jean on 01903 245287.

LITTLEHAMPTON

EVENT: Littlehampton U3A Open Day from 1pm to 4pm in the Guide Hall, Duke Street, Littlehampton. The U3A gives people who are no longer working full time the opportunity to meet new friends and the chance to follow a wide range of interests and share skills with others. It is a chance for people to come along on the day and see the many activities that are available at very little cost. For more information look visit their website – www.u3asites.org.uk/littlehampton

SHOREHAM

MUSIC: Shoreham Chamber Choir will perform ‘Let Us Garlands Bring’, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, with choral settings and sonnet readings. Conducted by Stuart Hutchinson and readings by Hugh Ross. 7.30pm at St Mary de Haura, East Street, Shoreham. Tickets £6 available at the door.

WORTHING

EVENT: Worthing Beer Festival at the Assembly Hall in Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing. More beer and cider than ever before. The festival will also feature a display from Sompting Village Morris (SVM) on Saturday afternoon. Other attractions include three enticing food stalls, live demonstrations from a traditional pub sign writer and plenty of seating. Contact Mike Taylor on 07718 705500 or email: michaeltaylor01@gmail.com for more information.

MEETING: Adur Stamp Club monthly meeting at the Southwick Community Centre at 7pm, with a display of ‘Malaysian Miscellany’. The club has recently exhibited at the Association of Sussex Philatelic Societies’ convention at Ardingly, where two gold and one silver awards were won. The club would welcome new members, be they experienced collectors or beginners. Come along and see what stamp collecting is all about.

WALK: HeartSmart walk. 10.30m. Pulborough Brooks. Time: one hour 30 minutes. Distance: 3.5 miles. A flat walk with stiles, which can be wet and muddy if there has been bad weather. In one place there is a very narrow field entrance. Meet: RSPB Reserve car park Wigginholt Pulborough, RH20 2EL, at entrance to the reserve.

JAZZ: This week at the Hare & Hounds in Portland Road Worthing we are pleased to present Kjell Berglund Quartet. Kjell Berglund is a stalwart of the Brighton Jazz scene. Kjell frequently visits his homeland of Sweden to tour with musicians including Swedish saxophonist Roland Keijser. Expect a melodic, rhythmic and thoughtful evening of top class trumpet playing with several of the tunes composed by Scandinavian jazz musicians. He is accompanied tonight by Terry Seabrook on piano, Nigel Thomas on bass and Alex Eberhard on drums. Music starts at 8.30pm but, to guarantee a seat why not get there early and book a table for a meal. Call 01903 230085.

MEETING: Maybridge Keystone Youth Club AGM at 7.20pm at the club in Raleigh Way, Worthing, BN126JD. Free clay oven baked pizza is just one of the attractions. All welcome to join – more trustees also needed. Contact hazelthorpe18@gmail.com or call 01903 201299 for more details.

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Wednesday, October 19

ELMER

EVENT: The Littlehampton branch of the Royal Air Forces Association marks its 75th anniversary with a celebration lunch at the Elmer Hotel. For more information on RAFA membership and social events, contact branch president Bill Kelsey on 01903 771467.

WALK: Worthing Holiday Fellowship Walking Club. A five-mile walk from Worthing Pier to Shoreham. For more information about the club’s walks and talks, please ring Liz on 01903 268656 or Jean on 01903 245287.

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Thursday, October 20

DURRINGTON

TALK: Sussex Family History Group (SFHG) Worthing Meeting Centre talk entitled ‘Flanders & The Somme – then and now’ by Ian Everest. 7pm for 7.30pm start. At The Pavilion, Field Place, Durrington, BN13 1NP. For further information on SFHG Worthing Meeting Centre talks email: john.chapman34@yahoo.co.uk